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10 Facts About Women in America Today
What the data says about women as earners, learners, believers, and more
Get the Facts76%
were women, as of 2017
65%
say they read a print book in the past year
44%
in the U.S. are married, as of 2019
24%
said in 2018 that they didn't engage in any leisure-time physical activity
3
owned by American credit card holders in 2019
73%
say they pray at least once a day
9 in 10
cite love as a major reason they decided to get married
3 in 4
say they check the websites or mobile apps their child uses
41%
said in 2019 they frequently worried about paying their bills
29%
lived in counties along a coastline in 2017
119M
living in areas with a shortage of mental health care, as of September 2020
20.5M
were employed by the U.S. health care and social assistance sector in 2018 — the most for any industry sector
40%
said in June 2020 that climate change is a very big problem in the country today
23%
had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2019 — up from 12% in 1989
13%
have been diagnosed with heart disease, as of 2018
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